Before I show you some pictures from last
night's Poetry Slam, I'll show you some eats...
Grilled Chicken, Refried Bean
, and Cream Cheese Taco with Vegetables
Lunch was filling, but I needed a mid-day snack to keep me going...
Green Yogurt with Berries
1 cup plain yogurt mixed with 1 scoop Greens+ powder
,
1/3 cup frozen blueberries, and 1/2 cup sliced strawberries
Now let's get to some music and poetry!
Last night, my friend invited me out to a Poetry Slam at Solstice Cafe
The main feature was "Mighty" Mike McGee from San Jose, California. He's an
international spoken word artist, writer
, performer, speaker, slam poet and comic.
(In the photo above: far left, sitting down)
The acts and presentations before him were amazing,
especially singer and poet, Matthew Christopher Davidson
His voice and music
were soothing and really quite beautiful
Sorry for the bad pictures; the quality of good lighting was lacking
Then "Mighty Mike" hit the stage...
I loved his energy! He was witty, impressionable
and contagious. My cheeks still hurt from laughing!
Question: Have you been to a poetry slam before?
Any hidden poetry fans or poetry writers out there?
17 comments:
Poetry slams are AMAZING. They are literally what got me through my rough two years at UCSB. Every monday night. It was the only place I felt completely comfortable and myself :)
That cafe looks so cute! I haven't been to a poetry slam:)
never been but it sounds fun!
What an amazing venue.
I love spoken word. Love it. I wish I have gone to more.
I've been to a poetry slam a few months ago, and it was awesome! I'm very bad with writing poetry myself, though.
I've never been but that looks like so much fun!
Even though there aren't very many people there it seems? :P
These are the kind of things I usually don't do but that I'm actually probably missing out on! :P
I have never been to anything like that, but I love creativity and totally admire those that aren't afraid to share!
I've never been to a poetry slam, but I do enjoy poetry! My favorites are Robert Frost, John Keats and William Wordsworth.
Its such a beautiful form of expression.
I've never been to a poetry slam - but I'd be totally game! I want to find one here locally!
Love your blog! Thanks so much for stopping by mine! I have really enjoyed looking at your posts.
That poetry slam looks awesome, never have been very good but always enjoyed listening to people read their art!
Following you now :-)
Refried beans? YUM! I haven't had those in a while...
i went to my first slam poetry night a couple years ago in the east village of nyc and it TOTALLY blew me away - just how earnest and raw all the poems were. totally surpassed my expectations!! im glad you enjoyed it =)
...and san jose hollaaaa - that's the city where my high school / church were in!!
I have never been to one, but I would go!
I had to attend a poetry slam last year for my English class. I cant remember the name of the cafe but it was somewhere around broad st... i actually really enjoyed it too!
I love listening to live acoustic music like that!
I love the girls sleeve tat sitting in front of you!
xoxoxo
I've never been to a poetry slam, but I love the sound of it!! So fun! =)
And I love your lunch as well. Totally delicious.
My oldest brother was a part of the slam poetry scene in San Jose, CA in the mid to late 90's. Some of his best friends from that time are now professional slam poets. Although I like to remember them as the punky mohawked early 20 year olds they were.
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